Expert profile

Dr. Sven-Erik Willrich

I’ve been working in the field of data and AI for over 15 years—both in consulting and in industry. After holding positions at leading consulting firms, I’ve supported more than 25 data and AI initiatives at DAX-listed companies.
I’m driven by the goal of helping companies become holistically and sustainably data-driven. In my seminars, I combine academic depth with practical experience: Data & AI Strategy, Data Governance, Generative AI, Data Mesh, and more.

training focus

Digital Transformation & Change Management
IT Training
Project and Process Management
Data Analytics and Artificial Intelligence

Professional experience

Division management (2025)
- Department: IT & AI
- Industry: Services
- Company size: 1,000 or more employees
- Description: Data & AI - Leadership - Project Delivery - Consulting - AI & Data Strategy - Data & AI Operating Model - Data Marketplaces
Specialist / Expert (2024 - 2025)
- Department: Production & Manufacturing
- Industry: Chemicals
- Company size: 1,000 or more employees
- Description: Cross-Departmental Collaboration - Data & AI Ambassador - Data Operating Model - Data Strategy - Data Foundation - Master Data Management - Data Governance
team leader (2022 - 2023)
- Department: IT & AI
- Industry: Services
- Company size: 1,000 or more employees
- Description: Team Lead - Project Delivery - Data Strategy - Data Operating Model - M&A - Enterprise Architecture - Technology Architecture
Specialist / Expert (2021 - 2022)
- Department: IT & AI
- Industry: Services
- Company size: 1,000 or more employees
- Description: Consulting, Tech Strategy, IT Strategy, Cloud Transformation, Data Architecture, Cross-Industry Advisory
Specialist / Expert (2017 - 2021)
- Department: Research & Development
- Industry: IT
- Company size: 250 to 999 employees
- Description: Academic Research – Software Engineering – Data Management – Industry Projects – Research & Ph.D. Environment

Qualifications

Doctorate (Dr. rer. pol.) (KIT Karlsruhe, 2021)

Working languages

German
English

Publications

𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐆𝐞𝐧𝐀𝐈 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐆𝐮𝐢𝐝𝐞: 𝟑𝟎 𝐏𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐔𝐬𝐞 𝐂𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐔𝐧𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐤 𝐁𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐏𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐥 (English Edition). Amazon Direct Publishing (2024)
𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐌𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐢-𝐂𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐚 𝐃𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧-𝐌𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐨𝐧 𝐆𝐨𝐨𝐝𝐬 (Doctoral dissertation). Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Faculty of Economics and Business Engineering. (2021)
𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐚-𝐃𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐲: 𝐌𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐞 𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐠𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐞 𝐀𝐧𝐬ä𝐭𝐳𝐞, 𝐮𝐦 𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐛𝐞𝐧 𝐳𝐮 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐧. Wiesbaden: Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden GmbH. (2026)